The House That Would Not Die

The House That Would Not Die
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Based on	Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels
Written by	Henry Farrell
Directed by	John Llewellyn Moxey
Starring	Barbara Stanwyck Richard Egan Michael Anderson, Jr. Kitty Winn
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Aaron Spelling
Cinematography	Fleet Southcott
Editor(s)	Art Seid
Running time	74 minutes
Production company(s)	Aaron Spelling Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	October 27, 1970 (1970-10-27)

The House That Would Not Die is a 1970 American made-for-television horror film starring Barbara Stanwyck (in her television film debut), Richard Egan, Michael Anderson, Jr. and Kitty Winn. It premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 27, 1970.^[1]

Henry Farrell, author of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, wrote the teleplay based on the 1968 novel Ammie Come Home by Barbara Michaels, one of several pseudonyms used by author Barbara Mertz.

Plot

Ruth Bennett (Barbara Stanwyck) has inherited an old house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where she moves in with her niece Sara (Kitty Winn). The house was built during the Revolutionary era and is said to be haunted by the spirits of its original inhabitants who are disinclined towards hospitality. With the help of Pat McDougal (Richard Egan), a local professor and one of his students, Stan Whitman (Michael Anderson Jr.), they delve into the history of the house and find a scandal that involves a revolutionary war general and his daughter whose spirits take possession of Sara and Pat's bodies.

Cast

• Barbara Stanwyck as Ruth Bennett
• Richard Egan as Pat McDougal
• Michael Anderson Jr. as Stan Whitman
• Kitty Winn as Sara Dunning
• Doreen Lang as Sylvia Wall
• Mabel Albertson as Mrs. McDougal

Filming location

The House That Would Not Die was filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California.

References

External links

• The House That Would Not Die at the Internet Movie Database
• The House That Would Not Die at AllMovie
• The House That Would Not Die on YouTube